Tuesday, 6 October 2009

Today's lecturebasicallyconsisted in determine the different types of crimes (indictable only offences, either way offences or summary offences). We've also been through the restrictions journalists face when it comes to report a fact in a newspaper. I'm not going to repeat what's written in McNae's essential law for journalists, all of us have read it, haven't we?

The fact I found particularly interesting is that some journalists try really hard to get round the laws and the court restrictions: here is a link where a journalist explains how to challenge a court reporting restriction. Even though we are not at this stage yet, it's still quite interesting to read. http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/story.asp?storycode=41633

1 comments:

Thanks for that - it really is useful to have those links. Very good that you have found the Press Gazette site. Other students can make use of this site as well. Press Gazette is our own trade paper. Interestingly it is no longer printed on paper. It is only available online.

I am very impressed that you are coping with all this while working in a second language. I realised that you not only have to translate what I am sayiung (eg 'magistrate's court') but then have to think of the equivalent institution in France so that you can understand what I am talking about. I will and try and bare that in mind.